Magnesium

By Aliya Waqas

Magnesium is one if the essential mineral needed for good health. Magnesium is found in soil in large amounts and if the food is grown in that soil it is automatically rich in magnesium. These days the chemical treatments to increase the production of crops and use of commercial fertilisers such as calcium, potassium and phosphorus may reduce the amount of magnesium which is naturally preserved in soil and this is the reason more than 80% of the people are deficient in magnesium.
Magnesium plays an important roles in our body some of them are discussed below;

• Magnesium is responsible for the activation of 300 enzymes which are involved in the metabolism of food components and synthesis of many products.
• Magnesium plays an important role in transmission of nerve impulses.
• Along with calcium magnesium helps in the formation of healthy bones and teeth.
• Magnesium helps in the…